oblong; margins curved inwards. Stamens 5, inserted
into the base of the tube. Filaments short and flat,
dilated at the base. Anthers attached to the filaments
a tlie base, 2-celled, sharp-pointed, fringed, included
w tlie tube. Germen globular, smooth. Style smooth,
tapering upwards, exserted a little above the mouth.
otigma small, flat.
Ih e present beautiful little plant seems to have been
almost entirely overlooked by Botanists, since the
inne of Miller. In Martyn’s edition of Miller’s Dic-
lonary, it is recorded as a variety of C. persieum; to
winch It certainly is scarcely at all allied, except in
le torm of the leaves, and the white circle on their
The flowers are nearly the same as
m G. Coum.; but the style is exserted a little beyond
ne mouth; the plant is altogether more robust, and
the leaves and flowers are produced on a kind of short
Í at stem that branches from tlie tuber, not directly from
he crown of the tuber, as in C. persieum, and C. Coum.
Ih e leaves are also cordate, and the sinus frequently
overlapping at the base; in C. Coum. they are reniform,
and have a large opening at their base, and are entirely
green on their upper surface.
It will succeed well in a warm border, in a light
sandy so il; or it may be grown with advantage in small
pots, in an equal mixture of loam, peat, and sand ; it
can then be protected under a frame in Winter, during
which time It requires very little water. The only
method of propagating it, is from seeds, which ripen
plentifully, if care be taken to scatter some pollen on
the stigma when in full bloom.
Drawn at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, the beginning
of March last. ^
niitural‘riz*‘p 3 “P™’ “''« " '" 'g “ »e inseitioi. of the Stamens,